Up

by Jim LaMarche

Daniel was tired of being little. Mouse They'd been calling him that since he was born. He hadn't used to mind it, even liked it once, but not anymore. He poked at some crackers on the table. "Someday I'll be so strong," he mumbled. "Someday . . ."

And then it happened. Something so strange, Daniel wasn't sure he could believe his eyes. One little cracker trembled for a second, then lifted up off the table. Not much. Not even an inch. Then, just...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811844455
• ISBN13: 9780811844451
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.5" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Terrific book

We love the story and illustrations in this book. My 5 year old really connected with this book. I could see him imagining that he coulld levitate things too!

THIS BOOK IS GREAT!

UP IS AN AMAZING BOOK! I LOVE IT! THE PICTURES ARE AMAZING! THEY ARE MAGICAL AND SO REALISTIC! IF THE CHARACTER IS UPSET THE COLORS GET DARKER! IF THE CHARACTER GETS HAPPY THE COLORS GET BRIGHTER! THIS BOOK IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL!

up is......................GREAT!

This book is great and it really expresses how the character feels! It really makes you want to know what is going to happen! I would recomend reading this book!!!!!

Up is a Very Good Book!

I personally think that Up is a very good book. What I like about this book is that it has very nice and peacful illustrations that look very realistic. This book is interesting, it is about a boy who's older brother doesn't think he's strong enough to help him and his dad. The boy wants to prove that he can help, soon he discovers that he can lift things with his eyes, but not sideways, only up and down. Later he finds that there is a whale on the beach and he helps pick it up into the beach. Don't you think that's a good book? Well, I do, and the illustrations make it an even more fantastic book!

AWESOME UP!!!

This book should have won the 2007 caldecott medal! Our 5th grade participates in a mock caldecott program and up won! Too bad it wasn't the real caldecott. Jim LaMarche makes the story even more magical then it is without the illistrations. Up is about a young boy, nicknamed mouse, who is told he can't help his father and his older brother on a boat. One day at breakfast he discovers an amazing power. Buy the book to find out what the power is.